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Polls show Labor support rising in two Qld seats

Results of two new opinion polls suggest the Labor Party in Queensland is winning back support in traditionally safe seats, following the huge swings to the LNP at the 2012 state election.

The polls correspondingly show a significant fall in support for the State Government.

The union group Working for Queenslanders commissioned ReachTel to survey the seats of Sandgate and Ipswich West.

The results show a swing away from the LNP of between 11 and 15 per cent.

The seats were held by Labor prior to the LNP's landslide election win.

However, Alex Scott from the Together Union says the poll result is more than just a natural re-alignment.

"What we are now seeing isn't a correction," he said.

"It's a major seismic shift in the voting population and we're seeing the south-east corner, clearly indicating that they are moving in ways never seen before and primarily because of the attacks on the health system."

A spokesman for Premier Campbell Newman says the State Government does not comment on union push polling.